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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

The farmer WHO cannot raise fifty
bushels per acre on fair corr land is not
a good coEn-grower, and will hardly
make this or any other cereal crop,
under like cultivation a success.
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BeetS and parsnips may be kept fresh
through the winter by packing in sand
This EiA preserve their flavor and keep
them from drying up.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

SHILOH's CATARRH REMEDY
a lpositiye cure for Catarrh. Dipthe1ia
and Cancer Mouth. For sale at 4. g.
Smith & Co.'s Drug Store, II
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

? Cows that have no bedding are often
injured IN the knees by get ing up or
down, especially if the floors be wet and
slippery.
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sURMoUNrED ALL BARRIERS

and reached the Pacific slope. A cor
respondent in Chilli says: Time and
space would fail me we're L to attempt to
discourse upon the clouds of DEGREES as
to the preservation of the public health,
which have lately been issued. From
the Argentine Republic Geographic
news for some days past has been of an
exceedingly alarming nature, and in
Mendoza, at the loot of the Cordilieras
on the other side, and its neigh borhood,
no fewer than forty deaths are reported
in one day. They speak of bodies IN
buried, of houses abandoned, and
children attackedby the disease and
LEFT TO PERISH IN THE ROAD SIDE
by their relations, who are fleeing south
for safety. The Argentine government
has all along endesvored to suppress
the knowledge of the true state of
affairs, and official kilograms have diff
fered widely from those sent to the
Gillian press and private individuals.
Brief and unsatisfactory comments also,
which appear in the Argentine press,
bear abundant testimony of official
supervision, all of which things have a
tendency'to make US imagine here that
matters are worse than they actually
are.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

The New England Farmer says hens
will rarely eat sunfiower seed unless
starved to it. Try boiling them and
TUhhing off the hnlls. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26
AFTER THREE YEARS 4!
A Murderer Confesses to a
Catholic Priest,
WHO REFUSES TO BETRAY HIM.
A Romance in Real Life that Reads
More Like FictiOn-Two In
nOcent Boys.
The Guilty Confesses

MILWAUKEE, January 25.-Three
years ago next May, MahIon Nc
Clllough and William Puetz, two boys
connected with some of the leading
families of Bayview, were sent to the
State prison for three years upon con-
iction of having shot and robbed
August Groethe, street car driver,
To day Father Decker, pastor of ST.
Anthony's church, announces that the
boys are innocent, and that the guilty
man has made himself known to him
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26
ON THE BouRsE TO-DAY

there was a decided recovery in rates,
and operators for fall bought freely.
Prices al the close were about the same
as they we're before the war scare.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

ss 9iatL9 S5a'Ss5 CURE will immaai.t., :,
Bsoncn,tjsO 0Ps Whooplng Cough sn :
Co.'S D rns $50, For sale at 4. G. Snit ana q
Il
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

Seven-tenthS Of the dry portion OF
corn IS pure starch, and starch formS
about fou1-afths OF all human food,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26
Buchu-Paiba %

Kidney. IB8II a5R5ote cure, all annoyipg.
81. AT d p1SuGer, and Urinary Diseases ,ats ;
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THE REV. GEO. d. THAYEA, OF
Bourbon, Ind, says; Both mysel! ana
wits owe our lives to SHIL4OH'S COM
SUMPTION CURE" For sale AZ A,
s. Smith 4 Co.'S Drug Store.
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THROUGH THE CONFESSIONAL.
He refuses, however, to divulge tn

He refuses, however, to divulge the
name of the latter, but has asked Gov
nor Rusk to pardon Puetz and Nc
Cullough. The assault on Groethe was
made one dark night in the suburbs of
this city in true highwayman style.
Groethe refused to surrender his change
box and was shot, it was supposed
fatally. at the sight of the bleeding
boy" Mrs Groethe became a raylng
maniac and is now confined in
an asylum. At the trial detectives
testified that the boys confessed their
part in the attack and robbery. Puetz
and Mccullough swore that the
CONFESSION WAS FORCED FROM THEM;
that for ten days they were beaten,
starved, hung up by the thumbs and
otherwise ill-treated, and that they con-
fessed to escape starvation. Twenty
witnesses testified to an abb, but they
were convicted. Mccullough is said to
dying from consumption.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-01-26

WASHINGTON, January 25.-The report
Of the Sixth Auditor of the receipts and
disbursements of
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30
From Waltham.

WALTHAM, April %, 1SS7.-The road
are in tine condition at presant, and tn,
farmers are getting aloAg with their farm
ing nicely.
Our schools have about all opened W
for the summer term.
Our accomplished friend John Kline
gar has Just returned from Chicago, but ht
failed to bring the bride.
William Scott Is rejoicing over his new
Office of School Director and says he will
held It for three years in spite of hades
When your term expires We will elect you
again, We only wish you had dozen scholl
ars to send Instead of seven.
Albert Hagenbach is on the sick list this
week. Suppose it's the spring fever
William Hunter has just finished plant
ing nine acres of potatoes. Ranger would
be pleased to board with you next winter
Bill.
Luke Neary was the guest of Judge
Kinnegar on Sunday last, he says the pc
tato crop must have been pretty good W
there last year.
James Gahan is beginning to feel lone
some for his neighbors.
James might Le seen any evening going
west, that is, If 1t is not too dark.
Mrs Mary O'Donnel wishes to sell a
fresh mich COW, and she will guarantee
her to produce from ten to twelve lbs. of
butter per week and as gentle as could be
expected
David Muir goes TO the county seat mex,
week where he will occupy the jurors
bench
Robert Thompson was elected for School
Director In Dist. No. 4 by large majority
Your correspondent and many others are
much pleased with his success and trust
he will fill the office with success and give
entire satisfaction.
Katie Nicholson, who has been on the
sick list for the paat two weeks, Is improv.
Ing rapidly.
Henry Roux feels blue to think he was
defeated at the last election,
Frank Togarty is occupying the jurors
bench, at Ottawa, this week.
Patrick Calvin is slowly recovering.
S. Crowley and NJ. Hughes were seen in
Wallace last Sunday eve. Come again.
Miss Nora Dryer, of Ottawa, aud Miss
Julia McGraw, of Freedom, were the
guests of Misses Pillion on last We'd cs.
day. RANGER
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Vicinity Items.

Earlville had strawberry social this
week-the first of the season.
East Brooklyn is suffering from diph-
iberia epidemic.
The Aurora Herald thanks Mayor Har.
rison of Chicago for a copy Of his ex.aug
ural address. The editor says he presumes
II is an able document and he will read il
when he gets time.
Macomb is building a new school house
at cost of $4,000.
The Mendoza organ factory offers to re.
move to Ottawa if donated five acres of
land and $4,000 in cash. About one half
of this amount has been already raised by
iptlon.-lStredtOr Monitor. We have
the other half, too, now.
A new departure in advertising appears
in the Petersburg Democrat A blight blue
crescent adorns one Of the ads. How did
they manage TO fix 1t?
Our exchanges are beginning TO talk
about decoration day. Peru, in particular
wants to celebrate 1t fttingly.
The Hi Henry minstrel troupe passed
through here on the Rock Island road the
other day. They showed In nearly ali OuI
neighboring towns, but skipped Ottawa
Why was it,
The Devils Auction" played in Strestor
last Monday, and drew large crowd
That is nice. There Is something very sp
propriate about that.
Streator is .rying to organize base bal
club. but she can't quite MIKE it.
Joliet has twenty. one bicyclists.
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Parasols md Sun Umbrellas.

Parasos for spring and summer are made
quite large, with ten broad ribs and handles
long enough TO serve ms alpenstocEs Many
have the ribs tipped with nickel or with gilt,
and new feature is vertical stripes of ribbon
down each gore or one broad satin woven
stripe, or else several beaded stripes are
wrought down each gore. The prevailing
shape is an improved Mauresque style, ilatter
than the canopy tops of last year; there are
also the sultana and the regent parasolS, with
plain diamond or star center widely trimmed
below, with many rows of lace arranged rs n
border.
Light wood sticks are much used for these
dreSsy parasols and are ornamented with
carving, sometimes in three sections, at the
end, or they are countelsunk or inlaid with
darker brown wood, or are made like doubled
fiat or triangular sticks or in imitation OF
bamboo or they are twisted in the even twist
SO fashionable in all furniture and are finished
with n knob of faceted crystal, or Of tn
wood or of enamel or of jet, either black OF
colored Notified sticks with gilt or silver
tops, and those Of natural wood with hooks
or rings, are very stylish and of great length
the ferrule at the top corresponds with the
stick and is also very long.
DOW OF flDDOn OF many loops ana D
bright color trims the handle, and narrower
ribbon is tied on the ferrule. After the lace
trimmed parasos, and those with beaded
stripes, and the open beaded medalons that
show a color beneath them, are many sim
pier ones Of stripes, or with plaid borders
having also small plads in the middle, and
for plain use there are also pongee covers, or
those of dark sik-black, blue, or brown
with hair stripes Of bright coIors, or with
alternate stripes of contrasting coIors, each
half an inch or an inch broad. Some of the
pongees have embroidery all over them, the
ground Of long stitches making n background
for daisies or medalions, Black grenadine
parasols are over red, green, or other color,
with frill Of lace, and light wood handle.
For children are satin striped parasols with
twisted handles of light wood. New sun UNI
brellas have large ball of dull gilt next a
notified wooden handle, or a crystal ball, or
one Of black with white enamelled flowers or
leaves, or else hook of natural wood tipped
with ivory.-iIarper's Bazaar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30
CorYFuRrs AND FANCY HAIR FINS

In the illustration one figure illustrates the
right half rolled in one largo curl Will" on
the left, which has n scarcely visible parting,
come n number OF tiny curs. The back hair
is formed into a lightly twisted knot. The
couture, a la Maintenon, is made OF silver
lace, dotted here and there with gems. For -
simple couture the whole of the hair. from
the roots to the ends, may be twisted into ono
coil and then fastened up high over diadem
or other ornament. Any ends remaining
after the coil is finished are taken back again
and fastened behind the left ear
The fancy hair pins shown in the cut are
worthy Of remark The first one Is made Of gold
and has the coronet top, ornamented with
colored enamel The second is also of gold
and is set with black pearls. The third pin is
ornamented with small diamonds on the dark
tortoise shell half moon. The fourth model is
made of light, transparent tortoise shell and
intended TO be worn rs n comb. In the fifth
blue enamel marks the design on an old silver
ground the sixth is made of gold filagree,
very finely worked, and is intended To he
stuck into the crimped front hair.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30
FANCY KITES.

To make kite. select for the upright good
straight lath, rs A, b, in the plain kite shown
| in the cut. Next procure half OF tnln
hoop or cane for the bow c, d. and then tie
| the hoop to the upright mt a, and take care
| To have rs much on one side of the upright as
on the other, otherwise your kite will be sure
to fall on one side when flying. Notch the
two ends of the bow G., u, and tie a long
piece of string to ID, pass it round the upright
ut T. and then fasten it at &; next carry tho
string to a, pass it down to ID, and tie it
there from thence it is to be continued to u,
passed round u notch there, and carried up
again to G, then down the upright at and
up to d. where it is to he finally fastened of.
The skeleton being thus finished the next
thing to he done is TO paste several
sheets Of paper so as to form sur
face large enough u cover the kite
and allow of little turn over to fasten
the outer edges; after you have pasted the
paper on to the skeleton you must make Two
holes in the uprights rs at q, &, through
which the ellyband is to be passed, knottinS
the two ends of the string to keep 1t from
slipping through the holes. The wings are to
be made of several sheets of paper cut into
slips, rolled close up so as to bear some re.
semblance to n tas,el, and tied to the sides OF
the kite at G., d. The tail, which should he
about fifteen times the length of the kite, is
made by folding Il number of pieces OF paper
so as to he about an inch in breadth and -four
inches in length, and afterward tying them
on n string mt intervals of three inches, ana Is
finished by aiixing to the end of the string a
large tassel made in the same manner as the
wings. Tie the string with which you intend
to hy the kite to the bellyhand, and your
kite is complete and ready for service
Ingenious boys can readily make fancy
kites very funny effect may be produced
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

have suffered from catarrh and bron.
chitis for ten years used almost every
kind of medicine that promised Il cure, but
without any permanent result for good
Disappointed and discouraged, and almost
without hope, at the suggestion of friend
commenced the use Ct Swift's Specific
some three or four months ago. am de.
lighted to say am entirely cured. | write
this that others my be benefited by my ex,
perience, for have excellent health, and
have gained twelve pounds since | began
the use of Switt's Specific. +. BABCOCK
MILLER, New York, Oct %, 1886. No
6 Wall Street
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For Nineteen Years.

For nineteen years suffered with eczema
or, as some of the doctors called it, erysi.
uelas In my ankles endured untold pain
aud anguish, with now and the TEN porary
relief from remedies applied by the best
physicians in tie country. Eighteen
months ago l commence he use of Swift's
specific with but little faith, as every other
remedy had failed. used five bottles, and
with greatful healtf. | testify to-day tina,
am we'll. 1t brought me relief when all
else had failed MRs, LUTICIA JACKSON.
Athens Ga Nov 2, 1886.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases
mailed free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer A
lanta, Gs.
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Easter Games and Customs.

The exact origin of the pretty custom Of
Offering fancy eggs at Easter is somewhat
shrouded in mystery, but the custom contin-
ues just the same, for nl that. In this coun-
try children who live in or near large cities
are favored with East" eggs made Of rich
confectionery, or of china filled with sweet
meats In country towns the young people
depend more for their eggs on cOlored ones
prepared ut home. In far away Russia boys
and girls on Easter Monday, play at the
curious Easter game depicted in the annexed
engraving, which was originally designed for
American AEriculturist.
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Mammals Girl.

It seems very funny thing, and yet know It's
true,
That mamma was a little grl-little like me and
you.
She rolled her hoop and jumped the rope, and
dressed her doll, spo3e;
Perhaps sometimes sne wasn't good and tore her
Sunday clothes.
But mamma must have been very sweet, !
think TINT
Would like to h. just like her, and 10 mean To
try.
And when grandma secs me next. she'll say.
Dear me. I'm sure that 10
Is xacty like her mother was bout twenty years
ago. Golden Days.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30
The Greatest Discovery

OF the ninteenth century, can truly be said
of Papillon (extract of fax Skin Cure.
Thousands testify to its wonderful curative
powers in seemingly hopeless cases of
Eczema, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas and every
kind Of skin disease. Mr.. o. p. Algier, Of
IIsrtsford, Ohio, tried everything he heard
or saw recommended, and suffered FIVE
years with Eczema until he found Papillon
Sk,a Cure, which cured him Large bottles
only $1,000, at T. E. Gapen & Co.'S Drug
Store
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

Streator objects to small boys playing
ball on the streets Shut up the hoodlums
| II you don't like Il.
Streator's telephones don't work prop.
erly, and Streator's business men don't like
TO pay $4S a year for banging on an old
box.
John San! erson, of Streator, was the re.
cipien' ut a most agreeable surprise party
last week.
An itinerant fraud has been playing II
sharp on the susceptible ladies OF X, oxford
by telling pitiful tale of poverty and n
wooden leg, AMI selling them cripple.
plated" silverware, which Is about as good
MS worthless.-Er.
Joliet is excited about hydrophobia
among It's dogs,
Aurora Is excited about recent finds Of
coal In that vicinity.
A teachers institute was held at the
High School building In Princeton last
saturday.
A bogus insurance agent collected $25
from the directors In district 8, Outage,
fer insurance on the school house recently.
Those dire tors want to be careful.
Rockford has new addition TO her pop
ulation-thirty Swedes, fresh from Swe-
den.
Ancona, ILL.,, had snow last week.
The StreatCr Free Press man says he'd
"rather be believed on oath than not To be
believed at all" We are sorry to see our
Streator friend forced to such an embarras-
sing alternative.
Streator is TO have DAIRY Maids Carni.
val"
That chilly. 40 yearsago, pony chestnut
Is in the Toni"a Ne,rs this week, We can
only refer again to our premium snake
story.
Aurora is trying to keep up her roller
rink with 14X2O oil painting.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30
Buckin's Aruica Salve.

The best salye In the world for cuts, bruises,
sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever sores, letter,
chapped hands, chilblains, corns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles, or no pay
required. II is guaranteed TO give perfect sat
isfaction. or money refunded. Price % cents
per box For sale bv d. Lorriaux.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

"Enuchle down" is very good feat. 1t
consists in placing the toes against line
chal;ed on the floor, kneeling down and
getting up again, without using the hands, or
moving the feet from the line. Prostate
and perpendicular" is another simple exer
else:
Cross your arms on your body, lie down
on your back, and then get up again, without
using either your elbows or hands IN doing 80
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

EVENING TOILETS FOR YOUNG LADIES.
The dress with the high bodice has the front
drapery arranged in deep plaits that fall
over fat plated skirt, allowing q broad
panel embroidered in colors to be seen on one
side, where pink ribbon borders the tablier,
and finishes in loop and ends. The back
drapery is Of straight pulled breadths The
high and turnover collar is of the embroidery.
The ball toilet with low bodice is com.
posed of light silk and gauze, and is trimmed
with lace The box plaits on the skirt are
AZ inches wide
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

One Of the group, usually the oldest, starts
an egg down an inclined board, her object
being to strike and scatter those Of the expect
ant playmates that lie on the ground. Each
one in turn sends an egg down the inclined
plane The one who hits or scatter, the
largest number of eggs Of course wins the
game, which, if ono may judge 10y the earnest
faces of the children as seen in the picture,
must be Il very interesting one.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

Young students of chemistry will be in
terest.tl To learn how to render tho surface of
water phosphorescrnt. Wet lump OF fine
sugar with phosphorizcd ether, and throw 1t
into a basin Of water; the surface Of the water
will become luminous, and show beautifully
in the dark; 10y gently blowing upon it, phos
phorcsceut undulations will be formed, which
will illuminc the air above the fluid for con
siderable space In winter the water must be
rendered blood warm.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

The mixture Of striped and other fancy
materials with plain fabrics will continue in
fovor during the coming season, and also the
trimming of textiles in monochrome with
bands of contrasting material of various de-
signs to represent stripes. Gallons, fancy
beaded passementeries, Hat gimps m applique,
MORE cut into stripes, velvet ribbons and
hands Of SwiSs insertion will all he used for
this PURPOSE
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

The best on eartn can truly be said OF
Griggs' Glycerine Salve, which is a sure,
safe and speedy cure for cuts, bruises, scalds,
burns, wounds and all other sores Will pos
lively cure piles, letter and all skin erup
tons. Try this wonder healer. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money refunded Only 70
cents. Sold by +. Y. Griggs.
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Carpenters report business brisk in the
WY of repairs, additions to dwelling hous-
es, etc. al could set hundred gangs of
men at work on repairs If | had them"
said jobber Yesterday - StredtOr Times.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

"The hair, as rule, is deliberately dressed
for hall room and evening wear" says The
Season, from which the fashion cuts of this
issue are taken, land sometimes the two sides
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

That is gold which is worth gold. Health
is worth more than gold. Don't neglect a
cough or cold and let it remain to irrilate the
lungs when fifty cent bottle of DR.. Bige
low Positive Cure will promptly and safely
cure any recent cough, cold or throat or lung
trouble. Buy the dollar bottle Of f. Y. Griggs
for chronic cases or family use. Endorsed
by physicians and druggists. Pleasant to tax e
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-04-30

HOW LADIES OF FASHION ARE
DRESSING THE HAIR.
New Styles Displayed This Spring In
Parasols and Sun Umbrellas-Contrast-
Ing Models for Evening Dresses from,
Which Young Ladies' May Select.

A glance at the accompanying illustration
suflic,s to show that young ladies may ex.
ercise their own pleasure in the selection of a
high or low bodice for evening toilets. Both
styles nre in fashion, hence model Of each is
here gwen.